DA Row Escalates: Employees Move Contempt Plea Against Officials

DA CASE: State government employees are now taking a big step regarding their arrears. The state government employees are quite angry as Nabanna (the state secretariat) has not said anything about this yet. 

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Ruling on pending DA

The Supreme Court ruled on the state employees' DA case on Feb 5, ordering the quick settlement of the 25% DA arrears for them.

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No action from Nabanna

But two weeks have passed. The state government hasn't taken any steps to clear the 25% DA arrears. The employees have not received any news about it.

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Government employees relentless on DA

Government employees are relentless about the pending DA. Now, state employees are taking strict action against Nabanna and have already sent a notice to the government.

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Contempt of court notice

State employees have sent a contempt of court notice to Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty and Finance Secretary Prabhat Kumar Mishra. The notice was sent on Friday.

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Who sent the notice?

DA petitioners served a contempt notice to the Chief and Finance Secretaries. Lawyers Firdous Shamim and Sudipta Dasgupta served the notice on behalf of employee unions.

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Supreme Court's statement

The Supreme Court ordered immediate payment of the 25% pending DA. But Nabanna hasn't acted. Employees believe this contempt notice will increase pressure on the government.

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Supreme Court's directive

The Supreme Court ordered the 25% pending DA to be cleared by March 31. A committee was formed by the court to decide how to pay the remaining 75% DA.

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How much DA?

The Supreme Court bench ordered full settlement of pending DA from 2008-2019 under the 5th Pay Commission but gave no order on DA at the central government rate.

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Mamata Banerjee's statement

The CM said the verdict will be reviewed by a committee. Later, she declined to comment on the DA issue, stating the matter is sub-judice and she won't comment on it.

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Nabanna source

No clear statement has come from Nabanna about the pending DA. A source says the next hearing is April 14, where the state might again cite its financial crisis.